Told by a Modern MTE Student
November 12, 2015
What I've done and where I've gone
Canada's Best Co-op Student of the Year
Slides online:
mrandrewandrade.com/talks/dean-advisory-council-meeting-nov-2015
The benefits of the UW/Engineering co-op experience
What could be strengthened from a students perspective
“You can't connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future.” -Steve Jobs
Port Credit: Science and Technology Program
Specialist High Skills Major in Manufacturing
Robotics!
Machineshop! Sweeping -> Programming CNC
Before university: Chrysler!
Reservoir engineering
Fabless Semiconductor
Hired for electrical/software
Ended up designing their first to market product
Facebook Manufacturing!
Need more hands on experience!
Unfair advantage as UW students:
Learn what we like and what we don't
Hands on experience
Money!
Industry insight
People cannot gain anything without sacrificing something.
Real options valuation
MIT parking garage example
Majority of my work terms I got outstanding!
Not from work at PetroPredict
Not from work at Facebook
Not from work at Peraso
Talk to highschool
Hiring both highschool and Waterloo co-op
Created experience second to none!
Too many (to fit on slide)!
RANKING
Better understanding of roles
Change some of our classes to be project based
More flexibility (jobs outside jobmine, 8 months, exchange etc.)
Forcing students to make decision on offer
Issues with ranking (sub-optimal and unstable)
Stable Marriage Problem
Won Nobel Prize in Economics in 2012
Guarentees “stable” match
Solves dealing with multiple offers